Indentify tool?
12-25-06, 07:54 PM
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Indentify tool?
I ordered from 11speed (who did a great job on the order in terms of price and ship time) Campy Record components and Zonda wheels and am building up a Specialized S-Works Roubaix. I came across a tool that I do not know what it is used for. It is a black plastic ring with slots marked A B and C, along with a rod with a small silver piece that is magnetized and a small bolt with a flat head and no slots. I have enclosed a picture for reference. Thanks for the help. George
12-25-06, 08:28 PM
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Tool on the right is used to drag the nipple in place when replacing a spoke or building a wheel. Screw threaded part into nipple drop thru valve stem hole and use magnet to drag into place.
Tool on left might be for spoke twist prevention for bladed spoke wheel building.
Tool on left might be for spoke twist prevention for bladed spoke wheel building.
12-26-06, 01:16 AM
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Originally Posted by supcom
Tool on the left is a spoke wrench made for three sizes of nipples.
Originally Posted by iPAQsRock
It is a black plastic ring with slots marked A B and C.
12-26-06, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Soil_Sampler
Tool on the right is used to drag the nipple in place when replacing a spoke or building a wheel. Screw threaded part into nipple drop thru valve stem hole and use magnet to drag into place.
Tool on left might be for spoke twist prevention for bladed spoke wheel building.
Tool on left might be for spoke twist prevention for bladed spoke wheel building.
12-26-06, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Soil_Sampler
Tool on the right is used to drag the nipple in place when replacing a spoke or building a wheel. Screw threaded part into nipple drop thru valve stem hole and use magnet to drag into place.
12-26-06, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Rowan
Just as a point of interest, how you do disengage the threaded part from the nipple to retrieve it from the wheel (obviously the magnet will retrieve it again after disengagement)?
12-26-06, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by HillRider
These rims have an inner wall tube bed with no holes for the nipple to feed through but the part of the rim wall facing the hub is drilled for the nipple to project through. The nipple sticks out far enough to both grasp it to unscrew the tool, screw it onto the spoke and to apply a spoke wrench to tension and true the wheel.
